Intel Compute Stick vs. NUC vs. Mac Mini vs. Broadwell Benchmark results by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Intel NUC - N2820: Processor: Intel Celeron N2820 @ 2.40GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Intel DN2820FYK, Chipset: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 60GB OCZ VERTEX2, Graphics: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx & Display (757MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC283, Monitor: MX279, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 7260 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150529, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F: Processor: Intel Atom Z3735F @ 1.83GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel STCK1A32WFCR, Chipset: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx, Memory: 2048MB, Disk: 31GB S10032, Graphics: Intel Atom Z36xxx/Z37xxx & Display (645MHz), Monitor: VE228 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150527, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U: Processor: Intel Core i5-4278U @ 3.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Apple Mac-35C5E08120C7EEAF, Chipset: Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 1000GB APPLE HDD HTS541, Graphics: Intel Device 0a2e (1100MHz), Audio: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio, Monitor: Thunderbolt, Network: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit PCIe + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 3.19.0-15-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 Intel NUC - i3-5010U: Processor: Intel Core i3-5010U @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: Intel NUC5i3RYB, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U-OPI, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (900MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: VE228, Network: Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 OS: Ubuntu 15.04, Kernel: 4.1.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20150529, Desktop: Unity 7.3.2, Display Server: X Server 1.17.1, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.5.2, Compiler: GCC 4.9.2, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 11.62 |=========== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 11.18 |========== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 43.67 |========================================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 38.94 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 48.47 |============== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 31.20 |========= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 97.87 |============================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 133.77 |======================================== x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 17.55 |========= Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 19.69 |========== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 81.95 |========================================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 59.20 |============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 47 |================ Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 40 |============= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 130 |=========================================== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 90 |============================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.19 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 60 |================= Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 48 |============== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 152 |=========================================== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 114 |================================ Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 605.60 |=============== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 464.49 |============ Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 1563.49 |======================================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 1202.62 |============================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 2031 |================= Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 1742 |============== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 5151 |========================================== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 4143 |================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 11796 |============ Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 8826 |========= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 23917 |========================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 38712 |========================================= GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen Points > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 35 |===== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 29 |==== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 267 |========================================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 278 |=========================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 1032 |================ Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 908 |============== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 2764 |========================================== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 1979 |============================== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 54.10 |======== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 65.20 |========== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 255.23 |======================================== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 191.30 |============================== Gcrypt Library 1.4.4 CAMELLIA256-ECB Cipher Microseconds < Lower Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 4523 |================================ Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 6030 |========================================== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 2423 |================= Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 3460 |======================== Stockfish 2014-11-26 Total Time ms < Lower Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 11363 |============================= Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 16000 |========================================= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 4100 |=========== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 5832 |=============== C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 205.93 |======================================== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 171.95 |================================= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 54.55 |=========== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 79.67 |=============== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 100 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 751 |=========================================== Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 627 |==================================== Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 182 |========== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 262 |=============== FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 26.00 |============================= Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 36.66 |========================================= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 7.37 |======== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 10.65 |============ LAME MP3 Encoding 3.99.3 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Intel NUC - N2820 ............ 38.07 |============================ Intel Compute Stick - Z3735F . 55.99 |========================================= Apple Mac Mini - i5-4278U .... 14.71 |=========== Intel NUC - i3-5010U ......... 20.53 |===============